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... price of food in restaurants, the price of clothes, the price of everything is all advertised without tax included. This confused me at first. Buying a drink for a dollar and then getting to the till and it's more than a dollar. I'm not quite sure what the tax rate is, I think roughly 9% but that might change depending on the state. You've got to be a little careful though because you might think something's a little cheaper than at home but once tax is added it's pretty much ...

... tougher security than at the airport but it was worth it as we did a tour of the power plant which was pretty amazing. The tour guide mentioned they he'd experienced 15 years of drought and water levels were way down in the dam. This was clear when we got to our campsite at lake mead where many of the facilities were closed due to the lack of water. Finally we made camp for our last night with Richie Valens :( sadly we have to give him back ...

... smile. I can die happy now lol. The funny thing was Jess didn't even realise he was British and just thought I was waving my passport around like an idiot! The passport was stowed away safely and we went back to dancing by the pool.

As always with every perfect day, it was stopped early with a bit of torrential rain. We ran into the casino and started to make our way out. As we were going up the escalator a bouncer was throwing our shirts ...

... the sheer size of it. I took pictures but soon realised that even taking photos will not give any one any sort of idea of what its like to actual see it for real.

We left Grand Canyon and it was time to head to the next state, Nevada, for Las Vegas. On the way we stopped in a town called Seligman which claims to be the birth town of Route 66. This town is by far the most obsessed with the Route out of everywhere we have been. In fact if ...